Hey. I'm glad you liked the game.
As for your question, simple answer is: "the economy is borked." Most of the monetary values for items were made on the spot and only the most broken ones got fixed. I will fix the economy as a whole when most of the features and items get set in stone.
However, I see no reason to not do a little balancing inbetween updates, if players ask me about it. I will adjust alchemy prices today and pack them into the next update. Thanks for the feedback.